PART A: What does the word "perceptible" mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

Roughing it was a semi-autobiographical travel novel was written by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a precursor to his first trip book, The Innocents Abroad (1869).

The excerpt in question is from Mark Twain's novel" Roughing it."

The word "perceptible," comes from the Latin word "percipere," which means "to comprehend, to know something through one's senses. This word appears in the first paragraph in the sentence "The snow was so deep on the ground that no indication of a road could be seen..." The road could not be seen, observed, or identified due of the snow.

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Explanation:

Thus question refers to excrept from Mark Twain's novel "Roughing It".

The word "perceptible" would most effectively be explained as "capable of being perceived" and it originates from Latin word "percipere" which means to understand, to know something with one's senses.

In the paragraph 1, this word is used in a sentence " The snow lay so deep on the ground that there was no sign of a road perceptible...".

That basically means that, because of the snow, the road could not be seen, observed or recognized.

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